Brazil at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 16th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil reached the final where they were defeated 3–9 by France.^[1]^[2]

Squad

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Cláudio Taffarel	(1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 32)	Atlético Mineiro
2	2DF	Cafu	(1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 28)	Roma
3	2DF	Aldair	(1965-11-30)30 November 1965 (aged 32)	Roma
4	2DF	Júnior Baiano	(1970-03-14)14 March 1970 (aged 28)	Flamengo
5	3MF	César Sampaio	(1968-03-31)31 March 1968 (aged 30)	Yokohama Flügels
6	2DF	Roberto Carlos	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 25)	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Giovanni	(1972-02-04)4 February 1972 (aged 26)	Barcelona
8	3MF	Dunga (Captain)	(1963-10-31)31 October 1963 (aged 34)	Júbilo Iwata
9	4FW	Ronaldo	(1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 21)	Internazionale
10	3MF	Rivaldo	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 26)	Barcelona
11	3MF	Emerson	(1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 22)	Bayer Leverkusen
12	1GK	Carlos Germano	(1970-08-14)14 August 1970 (aged 27)	Vasco da Gama
13	2DF	Zé Carlos	(1968-11-14)14 November 1968 (aged 29)	São Paulo
14	2DF	Gonçalves	(1966-02-22)22 February 1966 (aged 32)	Botafogo
15	2DF	André Cruz	(1968-09-20)20 September 1968 (aged 29)	Milan
16	3MF	Zé Roberto	(1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 23)	Flamengo
17	3MF	Doriva	(1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 26)	Porto
18	3MF	Leonardo	(1969-09-05)5 September 1969 (aged 28)	Milan
19	3MF	Denílson	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20)	São Paulo
20	4FW	Bebeto	(1964-02-16)16 February 1964 (aged 34)	Botafogo
21	4FW	Edmundo	(1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 27)	Fiorentina
22	1GK	Dida	(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 24)	Cruzeiro

Group matches

Brazil vs Scotland

10 June 1998

17:30

Brazil	2–1	Scotland
Sampaio 4' Boyd 73' (o.g.)	Report	Collins 38' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: José Garcia Aranda (Spain)

Brazil

Scotland


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Cafu
CB	3	Aldair	45+2'
CB	4	Júnior Baiano
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	5	César Sampaio	37'
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	7	Giovanni		45'
AM	10	Rivaldo
CF	9	Ronaldo
CF	20	Bebeto		70'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Leonardo		45'
FW	19	Denílson		70'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Jim Leighton
RWB	8	Craig Burley
CB	3	Tom Boyd
CB	4	Colin Calderwood
CB	5	Colin Hendry (c)
LWB	22	Christian Dailly		85'
CM	14	Paul Lambert
CM	10	Darren Jackson
CM	11	John Collins
CF	7	Kevin Gallacher
CF	9	Gordon Durie	25'	79'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Billy McKinlay		79'
DF	6	Tosh McKinlay		85'
Manager:
Craig Brown

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil vs Morocco

16 June 1998

21:00

Brazil	3–0	Morocco
Ronaldo 9' Rivaldo 45+2' Bebeto 50'	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Brazil

Morocco


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
DF	2	Cafu
DF	3	Aldair
DF	4	Júnior Baiano	87'
MF	5	César Sampaio	36'	68'
DF	6	Roberto Carlos
MF	8	Dunga (c)
FW	9	Ronaldo
MF	10	Rivaldo		87'
MF	18	Leonardo
FW	20	Bebeto		72'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Doriva		68'
FW	21	Edmundo		72'
FW	19	Denílson		87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	12	Driss Benzekri
DF	2	Abdelilah Saber		76'
DF	3	Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
DF	4	Youssef Rossi
DF	6	Noureddine Naybet (c)
MF	7	Mustapha Hadji
MF	8	Saïd Chiba	64'	76'
FW	9	Abdeljalil Hadda	32'	88'
FW	14	Salaheddine Bassir
MF	18	Youssef Chippo
DF	20	Tahar El Khalej
Substitutions:
DF	15	Lahcen Abrami		76'
MF	17	Gharib Amzine		76'
MF	11	Ali El Khattabi		88'
Manager:
Henri Michel

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Mark Warren (England)
Fourth official:
Paul Durkin (England)

Brazil vs Norway

23 June 1998

21:00

Brazil	1–2	Norway
Bebeto 78'	Report	T. A. Flo 83' Rekdal 88' (pen.)

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

Brazil

Norway


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
DF	2	Cafu
DF	4	Júnior Baiano
DF	6	Roberto Carlos
MF	8	Dunga (c)
FW	9	Ronaldo
MF	10	Rivaldo
DF	14	Gonçalves
MF	18	Leonardo
FW	19	Denílson
FW	20	Bebeto
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Frode Grodås (c)
DF	3	Ronny Johnsen
DF	4	Henning Berg
DF	5	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
MF	8	Øyvind Leonhardsen	54'
FW	9	Tore André Flo
MF	10	Kjetil Rekdal
DF	15	Dan Eggen
FW	17	Håvard Flo		68'
MF	21	Vidar Riseth		79'
MF	22	Roar Strand		45'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Erik Mykland	59'	45'
FW	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær		68'
MF	16	Jostein Flo		79'
Manager:
Egil Olsen

Assistant referees:
Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Second round

Brazil vs Chile

27 June 1998

21:00

Brazil	4–1	Chile
Sampaio 11', 27' Ronaldo 45+1' (pen.), 70'	Report	Salas 68'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Brazil

Chile


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Cafu	90+1'
CB	3	Aldair		77'
CB	4	Junior Baiano
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	5	César Sampaio
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	10	Rivaldo
AM	18	Leonardo	45'
CF	20	Bebeto		65'
CF	9	Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW	19	Denílson		65'
MF	14	Gonçalves		77'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Nelson Tapia	45'
CB	6	Pedro Reyes
CB	3	Ronald Fuentes	34'
CB	5	Javier Margas
RWB	19	Fernando Cornejo
LWB	16	Mauricio Aros
CM	8	Clarence Acuña		80'
CM	14	Miguel Ramírez		45'
AM	10	José Luis Sierra		45'
CF	11	Marcelo Salas
CF	9	Iván Zamorano (c)
Substitutes:
MF	17	Marcelo Vega		45'
MF	20	Fabián Estay		45'
MF	18	Luis Musrri		80'
Manager:
Nelson Acosta

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Owen Powell (Jamaica)
Fourth official:
Pirom Anprasert (Thailand)

Quarter-final

Brazil vs Denmark

3 July 1998

21:00

Brazil	3–2	Denmark
Bebeto 10' Rivaldo 25', 59'	Report	Jørgensen 2' B. Laudrup 50'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Brazil

Denmark


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Cafu	81'
CB	3	Aldair	37'
CB	4	Junior Baiano
LB	6	Roberto Carlos	11'
CM	5	César Sampaio
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	10	Rivaldo		87'
AM	18	Leonardo		71'
CF	20	Bebeto		64'
CF	9	Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW	19	Denílson		64'
MF	11	Emerson		71'
MF	16	Zé Roberto		87'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Peter Schmeichel
RB	12	Søren Colding	39'
CB	3	Marc Rieper
CB	4	Jes Høgh
LB	5	Jan Heintze
CM	6	Thomas Helveg	19'	87'
CM	7	Allan Nielsen		46'
RW	21	Martin Jørgensen
LW	10	Michael Laudrup (c)
SS	11	Brian Laudrup
CF	18	Peter Møller		66'
Substitutes:
MF	15	Stig Tøfting	72'	46'
FW	19	Ebbe Sand		66'
DF	2	Michael Schjønberg		87'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia)
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-final

Brazil vs Netherlands

7 July 1998

21:00

Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Ronaldo 46'	Report	Kluivert 87'
Penalties
Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga	4–2	F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Brazil

Netherlands


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	13	Zé Carlos	31'
CB	3	Aldair
CB	4	Junior Baiano
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	5	César Sampaio	45'
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	10	Rivaldo
AM	18	Leonardo		85'
CF	20	Bebeto		70'
CF	9	Ronaldo
Substitutes:
FW	19	Denílson		70'
MF	11	Emerson		85'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


GK	1	Edwin van der Sar
RB	2	Michael Reiziger	48'	56'
CB	3	Jaap Stam
CB	4	Frank de Boer (c)
LB	11	Philip Cocu
CM	6	Wim Jonk		111'
CM	16	Edgar Davids	60'
RW	7	Ronald de Boer
LW	12	Boudewijn Zenden		75'
SS	8	Dennis Bergkamp
CF	9	Patrick Kluivert
Substitutes:
MF	20	Aron Winter		56'
FW	17	Pierre van Hooijdonk	90'	75'
MF	10	Clarence Seedorf	119'	111'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Assistant referees:
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

Final

12 July 1998

21:00

Brazil	0–3	France
	Report	Zidane 27', 45+1' Petit 90+3'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

Brazil

France


GK	1	Cláudio Taffarel
RB	2	Cafu
CB	3	Aldair
CB	4	Junior Baiano	33'
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	5	César Sampaio		73'
CM	8	Dunga (c)
AM	10	Rivaldo
AM	18	Leonardo		46'
CF	20	Bebeto
CF	9	Ronaldo
Substitutes:
MF	19	Denílson		46'
FW	21	Edmundo		73'
Manager:
Mario Zagallo


GK	16	Fabien Barthez
RB	15	Lilian Thuram
CB	8	Marcel Desailly	48' 68'
CB	18	Frank Lebœuf
LB	3	Bixente Lizarazu
DM	7	Didier Deschamps (c)	39'
CM	17	Emmanuel Petit
CM	19	Christian Karembeu	56'	57'
CM	10	Zinedine Zidane
AM	6	Youri Djorkaeff		74'
CF	9	Stéphane Guivarc'h		66'
Substitutes:
MF	14	Alain Boghossian		57'
FW	21	Christophe Dugarry		66'
MF	4	Patrick Vieira		74'
Manager:
Aime Jacquet

Assistant referees:
Mark Warren (England)
Achmat Salie (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

References

^ "France 3 Brazil 0". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "World Cup history - France 1998". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

External links

[1] "France 3 Brazil 0". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[2] "World Cup history - France 1998". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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